Dhaka, May 7 – Two alleged militants blew themselves up as members of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crimes (CTTC) unit were carrying out a drive at a suspected ‘militant den’ at Bojrapur village under Maheshkhali upazila of Jhenidah early…
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‘Drug peddler’ held in Jessore
Dhaka – Detectives arrested a suspected drug peddler with drugs and firearms at Boropota village under Sharsha upazila on Saturday night.Tipped off that a group of drug peddlers was staying at Boropota village with the firearms and the narcotic substances,…
2 Militants blow themselves up: Law enforcers
Dhaka – Two alleged militants blew themselves up while members of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crimes (CTTC) unit were carrying out a drive at a suspected militant den at Bojrapur village under Maheshkhali in Jhenidah upazila early Sunday.
Bangladesh Animal Production society int’l confce at BAU
Dhaka – Bangladesh Society for Animal Production Education and Research (BSAPER) international conference was held at Syed Nazrul Islam Bhavan of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh on Saturday.
Jubo League leader hacked dead in Comilla
Dhaka – A Jubo League leader was hacked to death by his rivals over land related dispute at Kazir Kona in Daudkandi municipality area in Comilla on Saturday morning.
2 minor cousins drown in Chandpur
Dhaka – Two minor girls drowned in a pond at Barmondo village in Faridganj upazila of the district on Saturday.The deceased were identified as Ruma, 4, daughter of one Rubel Gazi and her four-year-old cousin Suborna, daughter of one Sumon…
2 killed in Pirojpur road accident
Dhaka – Two people were killed in a road accident adjacent to Mathbaria College in Mathbaria upazila on Saturday morning.A human hauler skidded off the road and hit a roadside tree after its driver lost his control over the steering…
50 held in Satkhira
Dhaka – Police in separate drives arrested 50 people from different parts of the district on various charges.Some 81 pieces of yaba tablet and 10 bottles of phensidyl were also recovered from their possession during the drive conducted from Friday…
AL leader attacked by rival men in Kurigram
Dhaka – A local leader of ruling Awami League, Ulipur upazila unit of the district, was reportedly attacked by his rival group over a factional dispute at zila parishad office in the upazila on Friday night.President of AL Ulipur upazila…
Lightning kills 3 in Jessore, Gopalganj
Dhaka – Three people, including a farmer, were killed in lightning strikes in Jessore and Gopalganj districts on Friday. In Jessore, two people and a cow were killed at Nishchintpur village of Jhikargachha upazila after being struck by a thunderbolt.The…
53 people held in Satkhira
Dhaka – Police in separate drives arrested 53 people, including an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami, from different parts of the district from Thursday night to Friday morning.
‘Terrorist’ held with arms, ammo in Rangpur
Dhaka– Members of Rapid Action Battalion on Thursday arrested an alleged terrorist along with two firearms and two bullets from Muslimnagar Alamnagar area in Rangpur on Thursday.
Son reportedly kills mother in Rajshahi
Dhaka – A woman was beaten to death allegedly by her mentally ill son at Faridpur village in Godagari upazila on Thursday.Locals said Bani Israil, 35, a mentally ill son of Habibur Rahman, beat his mother Serina Begum, 52, and…
Schoolboy killed in Khagrachhari road crash
Dhaka : A tenth-grader was killed and three others were injured in a head-on collision between two motorcycles on Khagrachhari-Mohalchhari Highway in Gugalchhari area of the district on Thursday evening.The dead is identified as Sujal Tripura, a class ten student…
2 unsuccessful SSC examinees commit ‘suicide’ in Magura
Dhaka – Two examinees of Secondary School Certificate (SSC), who failed to pass this year’s SSC examinations, reportedly committed suicide in Sreepur and Sadar upazilas in Magura on Thursday.
Rangpur boy who scored 4.50 in SSC found dead
Dhaka – A schoolboy who passed this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination was found dead at his uncle’s house at Pirjabagh in the city on Thursday noon, barely an hour before the result was published.
Former UP member’s eyes gouged out in Madaripur
Dhaka -Miscreants gouged out the eyes of a former Union Parishad member and resident of Gozaria village of Kalkini upazila in Madaripur on Wednesday.Victim Kabir Mridha, former member of a Bashgari Union Parishad, of the upazila.
2 killed in Gazipur road crash
Dhaka – Two people were killed in a road accident at Ashpara on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Sreepur upazila in Gazipur on early Thursday.
Mother, daughter found dead in Kurigram
Dhaka – Police recovered the bodies of a woman and her daughter from their living room at Kanggaliapara village in Rajibpur upazila in Kurigram on Thursday.Police said Nazma Begum, 35, and her daughter Josna, 13, residents of the village, went…
Mob vandalises hospital over death of 2 minors in Chandpur
Dhaka – An angry mob vandalised Haziganj Upazila Health Complex alleging that negligence of the physicians killed two minor cousins who drowned in a pond Thursday morning.Jabedul Islam, officer-in-charge of Haziganj Police Station said the two minor cousins — Riyad,…
4 Shibir men held in Comilla
Dhaka – Police arrested four activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, from a house in Brahmanpara upazila in Comilla on Wednesday.The arrestees are Shahin Alam, 27, Ishak Bhuiyan, 24, Hizbullah, 18, and Omar Faruk, 22. They…
Minor boy electrocuted in Jessore
Dhaka – A 10-year-old boy was electrocuted at Chaulia village in Sadar upazila in Jessore on Wednesday night.
World Press Freedom Day observed at RU
Rajshahi – Under the theme of Critical Minds for Critical Times: Media’s role in advancing peaceful, just and inclusive societies the World Press Freedom Day was observed at Rajshahi University (RU) on Wednesday.
Full verdict in Raquib (13) murder by pumping air, out
Dhaka – The High Court (HC) Wednesday released full text of its verdict that had commuted the death sentence of two convicts to life imprisonment after revising their death penalty in 13-year-old Rakib killing case in Khulna in 2015.
4 ‘drug peddlers’ held in Jessore
Dhaka – Detectives arrested five alleged drug peddlers along with 4000 pieces of Yaba pills, 2 kg hemp and 155 bottles of Indian Phensidyl in Sharsha upazila in Benapole on Tuesday night.
42 held in Satkhira drive
Dhaka- In their separate drives in different parts of the district, police arrested 42 people from Tuesday evening to Wednesday morning on various charges.
Huge venison seized in Satkhira
Dhaka – Members of Bangladesh Coast Guards in a drive seized 51 kilograms of venison from Kalirkhal area of the Sundarbans under Satkhira range early Wednesday.
4 to die for killing young Tutul
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Wednesday sentenced four people to death for killing Tutul, a student of class four, after abducting him on August 12, 2014.The four convicts are M. Dalim, Shohag Mia, Dulal Mia and Aminul Haque from…
3 schoolgirls go missing in Barisal
Dhaka – Three schoolgirls went missing from Banaripara in the city on Tuesday.The victims are—Swarna, a class VIII student of Banaripara Girls’ High School and daughter of Helal Khan of Rayerhat, her classmate Ankhi, daughter of Khalil Mistri, and Sumaiya,…
Main accused in Gazipur dad-daughter suicide case held
Gazipur, May 3 – Police arrested the main accused of the father-daughter suicide case from Karnapur village in Sreepur upazila on Tuesday night.